Study Monster Cultivation System - Chapter 48
Chapter 48: We’re Really Studying?
After observing the situation for a long while, the lady at the counter couldn’t help but speak. “Students, there’s no one on the second floor now. It’s quieter there.”
“Then… Let’s just go to the second floor.” Zhang Xiaoke swallowed. She covered her face and scanned the drink menu. “A latte and a durian cake.”
She then pushed the drink menu toward Li Zheng.
Li Zheng knitted his brows.
“Those two items already cost 130,” he thought.
“D*mn it, you sure aren’t being polite.”
“I wanted to try the coffee. Forget it.”
“Water.” Li Zheng closed the drink menu and returned it to the lady. He was afraid that the lady wouldn’t be willing to serve him, and raised his hand. “Two bottles.”
“…” The lady took the credit card. She was also flustered. “Our cheesecake here is rather good. Do you want to try it?”
“Have I not hit the minimum spending?” Li Zheng couldn’t help but sigh. Playing with cats was indeed a luxury.
The lady became even more flustered when she heard Li Zheng’s answer. She replied, “There’s no minimum spending… I was just making a recommendation.”
“Then there’s no need. Water is sweet enough.”
The lady sighed and chose to give up on the boy.
Li Zheng used the card and signed the receipt, paying close attention as he confirmed the position of the decimal point. He was afraid that he would mistakenly spend 13 thousand yuan.
Then, the two of them headed to the second floor.
The area was indeed larger than the first level.
The sunlight was radiant. A few cats were lazing around wherever the sunlight shone.
Li Zheng swallowed and chose a seat close to the window, trembling as he sat down.
The Shorthair that was lying on the table and enjoying the sunlight squinted and glanced at Li Zheng, then turned around and continued basking in the sunlight.
For Li Zheng, this was the first time he had been this close to a cat.
“That’s it?” Zhang Xiaoke tossed her handbag down onto the seat, then sat on the sofa opposite Li Zheng and smirked. “I can’t understand you cat lovers.”
“Study… Study first.” Li Zheng suppressed his desire to stroke the cat and took out the study materials from his mountaineering bag.
Then he took out more study materials.
Then more.
Even more.
An endless sea of study materials.
As the pile of study materials grew taller…
Zhang Xiaoke gradually started to collapse.
“Are we…” she thought.
“Really studying?”
“What subject are you most confident in?” Li Zheng asked as he arranged the study materials.
“Phy… Physics.”
“Alright. Let’s do a set of Physics questions first. Medium difficulty. You’ll pass Physics if you reach 90% of my score.” Li Zheng then asked, “Do you want to do a first-year paper or one that covers the first month of the second year?”
“Let’s do a first-year paper.”
Zhang Xiaoke had no choice but to choose that.
Her original school had covered the contents of all three years in the first year.
Because her school was filled with top-notch geniuses, their lessons went at a pace as fast as “Flight of the Bumblebee.”
She had barely managed to grasp the content for the first year before being left behind in the dust.
Sometime later, Li Zheng took out two similar mock papers and pushed one toward Zhang Xiaoke. “These were all bought in the morning. I haven’t taken a look at them. We’ll grade each other after we’re done. No matter the results, we’ll rest for 20 minutes to admire the cats.”
“I won’t play with those things.” Zhang Xiaok grabbed the paper and grunted.
She glanced at the paper. It was alright. It wasn’t too difficult, but it wasn’t a foundational paper either.
She took out her pencil case from her bag and was raring to go.
“I wish to suggest an extra condition,” she said as she picked out her pencil. “If I pass Physics, you have to follow me outside immediately and buy a set of clothes and shoes.”
“Not approved.”
“Li Zheng!” Zhang Xiaoke leaned against the table and stared at Li Zheng for a long while. Finally, she could only lower her head. “I’m begging you… I feel very uncomfortable being around an outfit like yours.”
“Will it affect your study efficiency?”
“It does, extremely.”
“Then… alright.” Li Zheng nodded. He then avoided Zhang Xiaoke’s gaze and looked at a cat that had just leaped past him. “Coincidentally, I did want to ask you about something. I went online to search for methods of relaxation. Many people suggest shopping.”
“You want to go shopping?” Zhang Xiaoke opened her mouth in shock.
“Yes,” Li Zheng said, conflicted. “This so-called shopping refers to going to the mall and buying stuff, right?”
“Yes, yes, yes, yes!” Zhang Xiaoke nodded manically, her eyes glowing. “You came to the right person. No one in the entire school—no, no one in the Cherry Lake District knows more about shopping than me.”
“That’s great. I’d be at a loss if I were to shop alone.”
“Aiyaya, you should have told me that earlier! You can drop the pretense now. We can go now~” Zhang Xiaoke stuck out her tongue and smirked.
“Not unless you can pass this paper.” Li Zheng then lifted his pen. “60 minutes, start now.”
He didn’t say any more. He lowered his head and started doing the paper.
This was Li Zheng.
At any scene, during any process, amidst any conversation…
He could immerse himself in the questions.
“How frustrating…” Zhang Xiaoke rubbed her head.
Physics was her second-best subject.
She had to defeat Li Zheng.
Zhang Xiaoke didn’t think anymore. She picked up her pencil and dived into the questions.
Winning meant a crazy shopping session.
Losing meant falling into a sea of questions.
…
Time passed.
Zhang Xiaoke felt strange.
She could easily immerse herself in the questions when she was doing them with Li Zheng.
She had no distracting thoughts, and she could even disregard the detestable cats next to her.
Li Zheng’s perversion seemed to come with his studious aura. Anybody who was with him could become more down-to-earth.
The only condition was that they didn’t raise their heads and look at his collar and insignia.
On the other side, Li Zheng was doing the questions rather casually. He was going at a normal speed and wasn’t bullying his opponent.
“Dingdingding, Dingdingding…”
The alarm rang. The two of them put down their pens.
They only now realized that the cake and coffee had already been sent to their table.
The coffee was unscathed, but the cake had already been chewed on by five or six cats.
“Scram, scram, scram!” Zhang Xiaoke exclaimed as she waved her hands, but she had no authority.
Li Zheng was also helpless. He didn’t know which cat to deal with first.
In the end, he could only press the buzzer to ask for help and get the lady to come and deal with the situation.
The lady quickly rushed over the moment she entered the second floor.
“Aiya, cats can’t eat these. They’re already suffering from the flu…”
Zhang Xiaoke explained in embarrassment, “Sorry, we were too serious when it came to doing questions just now.”
The lady looked at her and froze.
“You really came to study in that outfit?” she thought.
Zhang Xiaoke also froze for a moment.
“Isn’t that Li Zheng’s signature phrase?” she thought.
“Why did I spout it out so naturally?”
She looked at Li Zheng in surprise.
Li Zheng smiled. “You’re teachable. I like you.”
“Who wants you to like me that way?!” Zhang Xiaoke thought.
The lady quickly took away the piece of cake and rather unwillingly promised to bring up another slice.
The two of them started grading each other’s work.
The Physics paper was rather simple and straightforward. They could just grade the paper according to the steps provided. It wasn’t complicated.
LI Zheng was the first to finish grading. He nodded in surprise. “83, not bad.”
“Hng.” Zhang Xiaoke’s expression was a little ugly.
She was grading Li Zheng’s paper slowly for no other reason than wanting to find faults.
She wanted to find mistakes in every word, every spacing, every step.
However, Li Zheng’s answers were terrifyingly cautious.
Not only did he not miss any steps, but there were also even many strange, extra steps.
It was as though he wanted to write down even the formulas.
Finally, she could only fiercely write down a high score of 94.
